Class of 2008 Honors English IV Community Poem What Makes Me Sad… Life, in general Myself I lost all my money, this made me sad When my friend went away to college last year and we lost our close bond The thought of losing my friends Not being believed in A friend who died Constantly try to make my dad happy but its never good enough—he’s never proud of grades or any of the things I’m proud of—it makes me feel inadequate… and sad Thinking about my dad The fact that my dad won’t be at my graduation Whenever I fight with my mom and say mean things Losing closeness with a family member, drifting apart with no way to fix things—not my decision but their’s Obesity and people who do nothing about it—my uncle recently died because of this but he had a mental problem and didn’t know—he lived with my aunt and the food she gave him made things worse and they never exercised I took the time to get to know her—I love her—even her problems—but she has no idea and keeps falling into shallow relationships The thought of failure Being and feeling like a worthless failure to my mom When I was blamed for being molested Friends stabbing me in the back Drama that I have with my friends the week before prom—everyone hates each other for reasons such as not matching and best friends seem to get into arguments over a boy and lies—I feel trapped in the middle and sorry for my friends Reaching the end of a book and discovering that the story did not end the way I wished it to Go through so many things together in life and then to abandon your best friend over something stupid—however, in the end, the girl is left with no one Learning that my “friends” backstabbed me I use to escape, but now the opportunity of a lifetime is coming around and I have to become a totally different person.